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Thieves broke into a safe inside a German bank vault during the holidays on Monday and stole property worth tens of millions of euros, police said.
About 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft gelsenkirchenpolice and the savings bank said.
Police spokesman Thomas Nowaczyk said investigators believed the theft was worth between 10 and 90 million euros ($1.17 to $105.7 million).
German news agency dpa reported that the theft may be one of the largest robberies in Germany.
The bank remained closed on Tuesday and about 200 people showed up asking to enter, the dpa news agency reported.
Police and firefighters were summoned to the bank branch by a fire alarm around 4am on Monday.
They found a hole in the wall and the vault was ransacked. police It is believed a large drill was used to breach the vault’s basement wall.
Witnesses told investigators they saw several men carrying large bags in a nearby parking lot over the weekend. Video from the garage showed masked people inside a stolen vehicle early Monday, police said.
Gelsenkirchen is approximately 192 kilometers (119 miles) northwest frankfurt.
This is not the first large-scale robbery in Europe this year. The most visited museum experience in the world a stunning robbery It was worth about $102 million in October.
At the Louvre in Paris, robbers stole a diamond and emerald necklace given by Napoleon to Queen Marie-Louise, jewelry associated with 19th-century empresses Marie-Amalie and Hortense, and a pearl-and-diamond tiara belonging to Queen Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III.
Video captured by museum cameras shows the two men who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery using a grinder to cut jewelry display cases.
Empress Eugenie’s emerald-encrusted crown, which was later discovered outside the museum, was studded with more than 1,300 diamonds.
Thieves use vehicle-mounted basket lift to gain access to Apollo Gallery windowsand escape crown jewel Within minutes.